The Awakening

20.5x28.5 inches; Pen drawing on handmade paper with watercolour wash (Click on image to enlarge)

SOLD. In private collection

I am neither formed nor unformed, for I have always been here.

I am neither delusion nor actuality, for I have always been here.

I am neither of light nor of darkness, for I have always been here.

I am the Bliss, I am the Truth, I am the Boundless Sky.

How can I speak of having desires or not having desires?

How can I speak about attachment or non-attachment?

How can I speak about God as being real or unreal?

I am the Bliss, I am the Truth, I am the Boundless Sky.

(…)

It is neither solid nor subtle.

Neither appearing nor disappearing.

It is without beginning, middle, or end.

It is neither above nor below.

This is the secret of the Ultimate Truth.

I am the Bliss, I am the Truth, I am the Boundless Sky.

(…)

Dear one, I am neither unknowable nor hidden.

I am neither imperceivable nor lost.

I am neither near nor far.

I am the Bliss, I am the Truth, I am the Boundless Sky.

(…)

I have no actions that bring regret or misery.

I have no thoughts that bring pain or suffering.

I have no sense of "me" or "mine."

I am the Bliss, I am the Truth, I am the Boundless Sky.

- Avadhuta Gita, Hinduism